Plays by Samuel Foote and Arthur Murphy by George Taylor

Plays by Samuel Foote and Arthur Murphy by George Taylor

For this volume George Taylor has edited five plays by two largely forgotten eighteenth-century playwrights, Samuel Foote and Arthur Murphy. The plays are The Minor and The Nabob by Foote and The Citizen, Three Weeks after Marriage and Know Your Own Mind by Murphy. All, apart from the last, are two- or three-act farces, the main popular fare of the eighteenth-century theatre. They are still eminently playable today, each exploring a different aspect of London society. Both playwrights have an acute ear for amusing and socially revealing dialogue, with a deft sense of situation comedy. Foote was an important theatre manager who established the success of the Haymarket Theatre by his particular brand of satire and mimicry. Had Murphy been more assiduous in his theatrical career and maintained good relations with David Garrick, his reputation as a dramatist might now have ranked him alongside Goldsmith and Sheridan.

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ISBN 13	9780521284677
ISBN 10	0521284678
Titel	Plays by Samuel Foote and Arthur Murphy
Autor	George Taylor
Serie	British And American Playwrights 15 Volume Paperback Set
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Cambridge University Press
Erscheinungsjahr	1984-03-29
Seitenanzahl	248
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.